Investigative Summaries
December 22, 2016 | Investigative Summaries
RULES AND SIGNALS TESTS
In August 2015, we received a complaint of “widespread” cheating on the federally mandated rules and signals tests that are required of all train… Read more
December 21, 2016 | Investigative Summaries
CONTRACTOR BACKGROUND CHECKS
We initiated an investigation to determine if an Amtrak contractor, its employee, or both, violated Amtrak’s Contractor Background Checks policy… Read more
December 09, 2016 | Investigative Summaries
FUEL CARD MISUSE
We initiated an investigation into allegations that an Amtrak Engineering and Traction Lineman was misusing a government fleet fuel card assigned to… Read more
December 09, 2016 | Investigative Summaries
THEFT OF AMTRAK PROPERTY
On November 17, 2016, two former Amtrak electricians pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to felony theft of Amtrak copper… Read more
December 06, 2016 | Investigative Summaries
VIOLATION OF CORPORATE POLICY BY AMTRAK MANAGER
In October 2015, we received an allegation that an Amtrak Manager failed to inform management that he owned shares of stock in a company with whom… Read more
November 29, 2016 | Investigative Summaries
VIOLATION OF AMTRAK ETHICS POLICY
We initiated an investigation into allegations that five Amtrak employees working in the Mechanical and Systems Safety Departments violated Amtrak’s… Read more
October 21, 2016 | Investigative Summaries
PORNOGRAPHY
In July 2015, we initiated an investigation into allegations that an Amtrak Foreman was searching the Internet for pornography, sexually explicit… Read more
October 21, 2016 | Investigative Summaries
FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS
On April 28, 2016, an Amtrak train director was arrested for violating the Sex Offender Registration Act in Illinois when he failed to register after… Read more
October 21, 2016 | Investigative Summaries
VIOLATION OF AMTRAK OPERATING RULES
On July 22, 2016, an Amtrak track inspector’s employment was terminated as a result of a third safety operating rules violation that occurred on… Read more